clerical work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclericalandwork
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clerical
adjective
uk/ˈkler.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkler.ɪ.kəl/
relating to work done in ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofclericalandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Women inclericalworkand health care talked about belonging to a fishery community independent of how connected they were to the fishery itself.
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At 24 years of age, dyspnea increased, and the heart became enlarged, but she has managed to continue full timeclericalwork.
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A certain number of men are also employed on the necessary cooking, cleaning andclericalwork.
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That shows how keen we are to avoid unnecessaryclericalwork.
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Let us consider how muchclericalworkwill be saved.
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Theclericalworkfor all this was undertaken by the doctor or his wife and it all had to be done by hand.
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This transitional arrangement will reduce the amount ofclericalworkfalling on a ship's master at the end of a voyage.
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While there was quality control for manufacturing, consultancy orclericalwork, little other control was exercised.
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It may be boring, painstaking andclericalwork, but it must be done.
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Andclericalworkby definition includes writing, book-keeping, sorting papers, filing, typing, duplicating, machine accounting and drawing.
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They are hogging the secretarial andclericalworkin the south.
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Details of trunk calls could not be supplied regularly to all subscribers without considerably increasing the cost ofclericalwork.
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The criteria for the employment of interviewers were those for generalclericalworkand the ability to work on the roadside in all weather conditions.
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Theclericalworkis very inadequately paid for, and at the same time it is unnecessarily multiplied.
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The second was that it will cause excessiveclericalwork.
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We know that under the present system of administration a large amount of merelyclericalworkis thrown upon doctors.
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In the larger prisons they have to doclericalwork, and that requires some training inclericalwork.
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Female labour is being substituted for men onclericalworkand driving light cars.
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But every effort is made to ensure that, where appropriate, full-timeclericalworkis carried out by civilian staff.
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